liberation Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Quote Singer Halsey is known for keeping it 100 in interviews and her songs and that’s no different when it comes to owning her racial makeup. The “Now Or Never” performer is the child of a white mother and a Black father, but that isn’t so apparent by simply looking at her. “I’m white-passing,” she said in Playboy’s Sept./Oct. music issue. “I’ve accepted that about myself and have never tried to control anything about Black culture that’s not mine. I’m proud to be in a biracial family, I’m proud of who I am and I’m proud of my hair. One of my big jokes a long time ago was ‘I look white, but I still have white boys in my life asking me why my nipples are brown.’ “Every now and then I experience these racial blips. I look like a white girl, but I don’t feel like one. I’m a Black woman. So it’s been weird navigating that. When I was growing up, I didn’t know if I was supposed to love TLC or Britney [Spears].” Growing up, the 22-year-old said people would greet her car dealership manager father with, “Yo brotha! What’s up?!” despite the fact that he wore suits and was “clean-shaven, handsome [and] played golf on the weekends.” Halsey said the way people react to discovering she’s biracial stems from white guilt, which she acknowledged is “funny.” However, that doesn’t take away from the racial climate being difficult not just for Black people and other nonwhite people, but, according to Halsey, white allies, too. “This is a really hard time for white allies,” she says of a period where America has seen an uptick in police violence against Black people and a surge of outright white supremacy flowing throughout the nation. “People don’t want to do too much but want to do enough, and in my bubble of Los Angeles, I’m surrounded by a lot of good people with a lot of good intentions. But as I learned in this past election, my bubble is just a small fraction of how this country operates. That is ultimately my greatest frustration with the public perception of any sort of activism: the mentality of ‘Well, it’s not affecting me.’ Open your f—— eyes.” Source: http://atlantablackstar.com/2017/08/16/biracial-singer-halsey-acknowledges-shes-white-passing-says-black-woman/ What do you guys think about that? I really agree when she says people don't care about things that don't affect them, but all the rest is shit She's destroying her public image with these stupid comments and i'm here for it tbh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Main Pop Girl Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Shouldn't there be a difference between "black" and "African American"? This girl's skin colour is clearly not black but she still has black heritage or identifies with that culture strongly...So what's the difference between her and Rachel Dolezal who was mocked on social media for doing the same thing she did? Also, this whole paragraph is disgusting to read: Quote “I’m white-passing,” she said in Playboy’s Sept./Oct. music issue. “I’ve accepted that about myself and have never tried to control anything about Black culture that’s not mine. I’m proud to be in a biracial family, I’m proud of who I am and I’m proud of my hair. One of my big jokes a long time ago was ‘I look white, but I still have white boys in my life asking me why my nipples are brown.’ “Every now and then I experience these racial blips. I look like a white girl, but I don’t feel like one. I’m a Black woman. So it’s been weird navigating that. When I was growing up, I didn’t know if I was supposed to love TLC or Britney [Spears].” Nothing about black culture is yours because culture doesn't belong to anyone...That's why it's culture, because it's out in the world for other people to enjoy, interpret and utilise however they want. There's nothing remotely "black-looking" about her hair. The fact that she simplifies race to just liking a certain musician is ridiculous and stereotypical. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Please fix the title ''I'm black rat'' 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liberation Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 14 minutes ago, Countess said: Shouldn't there be a difference between "black" and "African American"? This girl's skin colour is clearly not black but she still has black heritage or identifies with that culture strongly...So what's the difference between her and Rachel Dolezal who was mocked on social media for doing the same thing she did? Also, this whole paragraph is disgusting to read: Nothing about black culture is yours because culture doesn't belong to anyone...That's why it's culture, because it's out in the world for other people to enjoy, interpret and utilise however they want. There's nothing remotely "black-looking" about her hair. The fact that she simplifies race to just liking a certain musician is ridiculous and stereotypical. That comment about the nipples And yeah, that music thing just shows how tragic she is 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflecting Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 she's so fucking dumb, honestly wtf. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gay Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Yikes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 what the Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanapop99 Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Quote When I was growing up, I didn’t know if I was supposed to love TLC or Britney [Spears].” Can't you like both? I like her but she's so messy I think she also said in this interview that she had a miscarriage like the gurl had been through everything or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Main Pop Girl Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 On 9/5/2017 at 3:47 AM, nanapop99 said: Can't you like both? I like her but she's so messy I think she also said in this interview that she had a miscarriage like the gurl had been through everything or what? The girl just defines herself as these things so she can feel as victimised as possible... Watch her come out as transgender just so she can bash Trump for taking away her rights! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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